Shootings of police officers way up

OPINION:

According to records from the National Fraternal Order of Police, 314 police officers have been shot in the line of duty since the beginning of the year. Of these, 60 were killed by gunfire. This is almost a 28% increase in fatal shootings of officers compared to all of 2020, when 47 officers were shot and killed. One hundred and nineteen of these shootings occurred in the midst of 95 separate, ambush-style attacks. While the news media focuses on police shootings of civilians, these numbers give the other side of the story.

GEORGE MOSS

Bexley, Ohio